I hope all of you are doing OK with the pandemic we find ourselves in.
I am writing because the Minister of Fisheries has a critical decision that will influence the future of the Fraser River sockeye and all species of BC wild salmon. The 2020 Fraser sockeye forecast return is much lower than last year, which was the lowest in the history of Canada. We are watching extinction in play.
Journalist Kristian Lindhardt was denied entry into Canada, where he has been working on a documentary about Indigenous opposition to the federal government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. (Submitted by Kristian Lindhardt)
Reflections from my first day living in the tree tops above Holmes Creek. The aim of this occupation is to protect and defend the trees, land and waters from needless destruction, to preserve the salmon run of the Brunette, and thus the ecosystem function of the region. The Trans Mountain Expansion has lost its relevance, its costs have ballooned, its markets are drying up, and now even its insurers are dropping it.
Even a low-ball prediction for the number of sockeye returning to B.C. river was too high and First Nations and conservationists say government mismanagement and lice infestations are partly to blame
Scientists at the Pacific Salmon Commission knew 2020 wouldn’t be a great year for Fraser River sockeye salmon — but they didn’t know it would be this bad.
